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Joined June 2014
"We should be at the top of things like LM arena."
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly setting aside AGI in an effort to stop the company from succumbing to its steep competition.
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"Hate to break it to y'all but using the word 'skiing' was very much intentional."
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Palantir's X account shared a new tweet that embedded a controversial video of its CEO Alex Karp, using a very particular choice of words.
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"It's like a Waymo standoff."
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Two Waymo robotaxis crashed into each other in a dead-end street, blocking traffic while a third Waymo watches on.
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Correction: 999,999,999 children.
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Grok declared that it would be okay with genociding close to half of all children in the world to save Elon Musk.
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"The future is here, and it's not looking good."
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McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
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Characters from old movies can now show off all-new products.
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A new tool showed off by xAI dreams up AI-generated product placement that "weaves" into existing TV shows and movies.
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It "lost its primary safety functions."
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The dome around the Chernobyl site "had lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability" after a drone strike.
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"Can you imagine being that rich and that miserable?"
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As economic discontent grows, tech billionaires are pouring money into some 120 "startup societies" where they can reign supreme.
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"The disruption caused by the creation and sharing of hoax images and videos like this creates a completely unnecessary delay to passengers at a cost to the taxpayer."
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Trains as far as Scotland were halted or delayed due to a viral AI hoax spreading misinformation in the aftermath of an earthquake.
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"Our study suggests that it is specifically social media that affects children’s ability to concentrate."
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Researchers have found a significant link between screen time and diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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We can only imagine what witty navigation advice it'll cook up next.
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With a new update, Tesla drivers can now ask Grok add and edit destinations, and plan out their route for them.
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"I used to sleep with a hammer under my bed. Since he started this medication, I can sleep more easily, and I don't need to sleep with the hammer anymore."
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A first-of-its-kind study in Australia found that giving men a common antidepressant helped reduce domestic violence rates.
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"The more constitutional you want to make it, the more precise you want to make it, the more you’re going to need my product." https://t.co/926BY4ewcC
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The field of AI is being destroyed by AI.
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As AI researchers churning out papers with AI models rise to the top, the entire field is becoming a rapid race to the bottom.
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